by Gil Raviv | Nov 17, 2017 | Data Chant
I have been working for more than a year now on Power BI integration with Microsoft Cognitive Services Text Analytics APIs, and the sentiment analysis in specific (You may have read my initial work on Microsoft Power BI blog here). I have been using the free tier,...
by Chris Webb | Nov 15, 2017 | Chris Webb
Following on from my post last week about M functions that are only available in custom data extensions, here’s a quick explanation of one of those functions: Extension.Contents(). Basically, it allows you to access the contents of any file you include in the .mez...
by Gil Raviv | Nov 14, 2017 | Data Chant
Earlier in my days as a cyber security software developer, there was a term called Zip Bomb here, for malicious Zip files that were meant to consume excessive memory when they are decompressed, and as a result create hangs and crashes to the process that decompressed...
by Jeanne Combrinck | Nov 14, 2017 | SQL Girl
A while ago I was having some issues with SSIS and moving files. There was a hidden file called thumbs.db When SSIS was running the move file task it would fail because it can’t place duplicate files in the same location. The thumbs.db file was the problem. Even...
by Paul Hansen | Nov 14, 2017 | Power BI
Today, I’m happy to announce that Esri is taking ArcGIS Maps for Power BI to the next level by introducing Plus, a subscription service available for purchase from Esri that allows everyday business users in Power BI to do more with their spatial data. What is Plus?...
